Larks (Alaudidae) - HBW 9

Black-crowned Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)

French: Moinelette à front blanc German: Weißstirnlerche Spanish: Terrera Negrita
Other common names: Black-crowned Finch-lark, White-fronted/White-crested Sparrow-lark/Finch-lark

Taxonomy: Pyrrhalauda [sic] nigriceps Gould, 1839, São Tiago, Cape Verde Islands.
Relationships obscure. Sometimes placed in a superspecies with E. verticalis, E. signatus and E. leucopareia, but has also been considered to form a superspecies with E. leucotis on basis of male plumage patterns; alternatively, often regarded as closest to E. griseus. Geographical variation largely clinal, size increasing from W to E. Birds from Socotra described as race forbeswatsoni, but considered indistinguishable from melanauchen. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution: